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separate school

British

noun

(in Canada) a school for a large religious minority financed by its rates and administered by its own school board but under the authority of the provincial department of education

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separate school

The goal is to eventually open a separate school and work with children in kindergarten through eighth grade.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2022

It is a separate school from Braniel, but was to be housed in a classroom on the site of the 400-pupil primary.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2021

Ghajar recommends setting up a separate school zone for kids — not the dining table.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2020

Nationally, most students who can’t talk are in self-contained classrooms or autism programs or, like Mike used to be, in a separate school for students with severe disabilities.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2017

In another Brown decision in 1955, the court ruled that the dismantling of separate school systems must happen with “all deliberate speed.”

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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